Hunter's Ninth Birthday

Hunter is nine years old today...
he is a sweet loving boy who loves riding bikes and playing video games. Happy birthday Hunter!

I made him a cake, but I have to say, it's not the best I've ever made. In fact it was quite crummy.It had some issues, but it still tasted good, and that's what counts, right?

Upside down

Kaden is upside down almost a often as he is right side up these days. He's always standing on his head with his feet against the wall or flipping and bouncing around the house. Today I caught him climbing the stairs upside down!

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Christmas already?

I don't blog often enough... I can't believe it's Christmas time again already!!

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So What...

He's kind of a rock star.

At the movies...

We went to see Alice in Wonderland today!

Madison says "Best. Movie. Ever!"

Hunter says "It was better than I thought it would be... I like the Mad Hatter."

Kaden says "Awesome!!"

Aquarium of the Pacific

This week we joined our friends and neighbors the Reilly's on a trip to Long Beach to visit the Aquarium of the Pacific...They have four boys and a baby girl, so that made a total of eight kids with four adults trying to keep them all together. Can I just say I'm glad I only have three?!? All the kids were pretty well behaved and had a lot of fun looking at all the different exhibits there. They were able to watch the seal and sea lion show and also got to see the staff feeding some of the different fish. Of course, everyone's favorite part of the aquarium is the touch pools!

Kaden was reaching in to pet some sharks and rays here and "accidently" dunked his head in the tank - it was so much fun that he did it a couple more times after that.

After we had seen everything at the aquarium we ate lunch and then headed to the beach. Madison wanted to try out her boogie board on some real waves (she had only used it in the pool until then). She was pretty good at it but decided she had had enough when a big wave took her out.

Also, it was really pretty cold there...

...so we didn't last long. Hopefully we'll get another opportunity soon to spend some time at the coast!

Hallway bowling

... or what to do when your mom won't let you play Wii on Sunday:

We did take the kids to the bowling alley a few weeks ago and here was our final score:


He was using the bumpers (but then, we all were). I don't know how he did it - seriously, the ball is bigger than he is!